Scottish Transport Statistics No 29: 2010 Edition

Has figures on (e.g.) road vehicles, traffic, accidents, bus and rail passengers, road and rail freight, air and water transport, finance, personal travel and international comparisons.


Table H1 Summary of passenger traffic

Year1

Car vehicle kilometres on major roads (M and A)

Bus passenger journeys on local services 2

Rail passenger journeys originating in Scotland 3

Air terminal passengers at airports

Ferry passengers on selected ferry services 4

Car

Bus

Rail

Air

Ferry

million

Index, 1985 = 100

1960

..

1,664

64.9

1.20

..

..

242

114

17

..

1961

..

1,633

63.4

1.41

..

..

238

111

20

..

1962

..

1,579

72.3

1.59

..

..

230

127

23

..

1963

..

1,561

71.7

1.82

..

..

227

126

26

..

1964

..

1,506

73.0

2.07

..

..

219

128

30

..

1965

..

1,417

71.0

2.29

..

..

206

124

33

..

1966

..

1,344

65.8

2.56

..

..

196

115

37

..

1967

..

1,297

65.9

2.76

..

..

189

115

40

..

1968

..

1,220

67.0

2.69

..

..

178

117

39

..

1969

..

1,169

68.4

2.91

..

..

170

120

42

..

1970

..

1,057

70.7

3.10

..

..

154

124

45

..

1971

..

1,019

66.5

3.20

..

..

148

116

46

..

1972

..

998

61.2

3.64

..

..

145

107

52

..

1973

..

975

60.5

4.07

4.82

..

142

106

59

103

1974

..

896


69.1

4.00

4.96

..

131


121

58

106

1975

9,318

891

66.2

4.18

5.28

68

130

116

60

113

1976

9,438

881

60.1

4.78

5.17

69

128

105

69

111

1977

9,622

824

56.8

4.85

4.82

71

120

99

70

103

1978

9,749

794

59.7

5.90

4.64

72

116

105

85

99

1979

9,643

786

57.6

6.33

4.56

71

114

101

91

98

1980

10,262

763

61.5

6.37

4.48

75

111

108

92

96

1981

10,418

716

57.8

6.50

4.27

77

104

101

94

91

1982

10,733


694

49.5

6.37

4.19

79


101

87

92

90

1983

11,043

680

55.7

6.48

4.51

81

99

98

93

97

1984

12,794

669


51.3

6.99

4.67

94

97

90

101

100

1985

13,606

687

57.1

6.94

4.67

100

100

100

100

100

1986

14,012

660

53.1

7.24

4.85

103

96

93

104

104

1987

14,881

662

54.1

7.81

5.35

109

96

95

112

115

1988

15,946

662

54.0

8.51

5.66

117

96

95

123

121

1989

17,027

628

51.8


9.23

6.18

125

91

91


133

132

1990

17,476

600

52.8

9.86

6.54

128

87

92

142

140

1991

17,553

585

54.5

9.57

6.80

129

85

95

138

146

1992

18,068


545

59.3

10.38

6.63

133


79

104

150

142

1993

18,211

538

59.1

11.12

6.63

134

78

104

160

142

1994

18,683

526

54.4

11.79

6.65


137

77

95

170

142


1995

19,226

506

56.7

12.31

6.86


141

74

99

177

147


1996

19,888

478

57.5

13.21

5.59

146

70

101

190

120

1997

20,266

448

60.7

14.39

5.63

149

65

106

207

121

1998

20,456

424


62.5

15.19

5.33

150

62


109

219

114

1999

20,700

455

64.9


15.94

5.33

152

66

114

230

114

2000

20,566

458

64.8

16.79

5.29

151

67

113

242

113

2001

20,977

466

64.6

18.08

5.30

154

68

113

260

114

2002

21,760

471

61.4

19.78

5.37

160

69

107

285

115

2003

21,922

478


66.1

21.08

5.72

161

70


116

304

123

2004

22,308

461

72.9

22.55

5.92

164

67

128

325

127

2005

22,060

468

78.1

23.80

5.97

162

68

137

343

128

2006

22,610

482

79.5

24.44

6.02

166

70

139

352

129

2007

22,392

498

87.7

25.13

6.01

165

73

154

362

129

2008

22,221

493

84.5

24.35

5.70

163

72

148

351

122

2009

22,496

467

..

22.50

5.93

165

68

..

324

127

1 The figures for Car and Air are for calendar years; latterly, the figures for Bus and Rail are for the financial years which start in the specified calendar years (eg the 1996 figures are for 1996-97)
2 Pre-1975, the figures are the totals of passenger journeys for the Scottish Bus Group and the four city corporations. Therefore, they include any non-stage (non-local) services run by these operators, and exclude other operators' stage (local) services. Glasgow Corporation's figures may have included passenger journeys on trolley buses and the Glasgow Underground. Figures from 2004 onwards have been subject to revision due to methodological improvements
3 Rail patronage trend from 2003 onward incorporates Scotrail's revised methodology. See notes to Table S1.
4 Those routes for which figures are available back to 1973: Caledonian MacBrayne, P&O Scottish Ferries / NorthLink Orkney and Shetland Ferries, and Orkney Ferries. The figures from 1995 are affected by the reduction in traffic caused by the withdrawal of the Kyle-Kyleakin service when the Skye Bridge opened in October 1995.

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